Healthcare Assistant Wanted at Närhälsan Biskopsgården

Närhälsan offers high-quality primary care close to home. With hundreds of clinics in Västra Götaland, we are nearby residents throughout their lives and make a difference in their health. We value you and offer development throughout your professional career.

About Us

Närhälsan Biskopsgården health center is located in Hisingen in Southern Biskopsgården with around 12,000 registered patients.

With us, you will have a stimulating job in a multicultural area. Our operations are characterized by patient safety, service orientation, and good treatment at all levels. We have fun together here and are now looking for you who want to be part of our team. The most important thing for us is that you have a commitment and a genuine interest in our patients. We work in a positive spirit with continuous improvements and innovative thinking, where you will be an important part of our continued development.

As an employee of Närhälsan, you will be offered various forms of development opportunities, such as internal training and mentorship programs. At the workplace, we actively work on development to continuously improve working methods and best meet our patients' needs. Please read more about the benefits and advantages we offer at Närhälsan: Link to our website (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion)

About the Job

Your tasks at the health center are varied, with the patient in focus. The work consists of independent work in the laboratory with sampling and controls, assisting doctors with wounds, examinations, and minor surgeries, as well as performing common examinations such as blood pressure measurements and EKG examinations. Areas such as wound dressings, suture removal, and managing your own clinic may also be included.

You will work both independently and in a team with other staff categories at the health center. Inventory ordering and preparing examination rooms are part of the daily work. We work in the Asynja Visph journal system. Training future colleagues is an important and rewarding part of our mission, so mentoring students is also included in your role at the health center.

About You

• You have documented training as a healthcare assistant.
• You have previous experience working at a health center and with venous sampling.
• It is an advantage if you have prior experience in wound dressing, suture removal, blood pressure measurement, and managing your own healthcare assistant clinic.
• Mentor training is desirable.

In your work, you meet many patients, so it is important that you are accommodating, attentive, and have a desire to help others. We also believe that you enjoy teamwork and have a natural ability to collaborate with colleagues and other contacts in your work. The workload is varied and sometimes high, so it is important that you have a good ability to prioritize among your tasks and be flexible.

A professional approach and good treatment towards customers, patients, and colleagues are a given for you. We also see that you live up to Närhälsan's core values: Reliable, Caring, and Innovative.

Other

Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

As of July 1, 2023, the title of healthcare assistant became a protected professional title. This means that you need a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title of healthcare assistant in healthcare and social services. You can read more about the protected professional title for healthcare assistants on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website – which also outlines the transitional rules that apply: Information about the protected professional title for healthcare assistants (https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/)

Welcome with your application!

About Västra Götalandsregionen

Västra Götalandsregionen exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götalandsregionen actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you bring basic skills and can use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

Västra Götalandsregionen places all permanent employees in a reserve for emergencies.

If you want to know more about Västra Götalandsregionen, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link here (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation here (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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